I think the question, as stated, is of limited value. I would have thought the opportunity to trot out arcane, otherwise useless knowledge on/. would be regarded as being of the highest value.
More seriously, if indeed the list represents the "What" of the mission, a strong assumption I would agree, I am simply asking "When?".
Can we learn fast or do these missions indeed require a long life?
OK Mars mavens, here's your chance. If you read the article it is obvious that #10 is recent. What about the others? This would give an idea of the marginal benefit provided by the extended life of the mission.
No he isn't. Walter Mossberg has consistently given sound advice to a (mainly) non-technical audience. He's always concerned with one thing: the user's experience. For that reason I think he "understands" technology the way it should be understood.
I have read his column for years and he is nobody's phanboy. He endorsed Macs only a couple of years ago when OS X stabilized and dealing with Windows security flaws become more burdensome to users.
He's not interested in industry trends for their own sake. The others you mention write to a different audience and sometimes prognosticate. Judging by the attention they often get here, it must be entertaining. By comparison, Walter is helping ordinary users reduce needless complexity foisted on them by the technology industry and their marketeers.
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otherwise useless knowledge on
More seriously, if indeed the list represents the "What" of the mission, a strong assumption I would agree,
I am simply asking "When?".
Can we learn fast or do these missions indeed require a long life?
Thanks, but the question remains open: When were those Mars discoveries actually discovered?
Right away or after the scheduled mission life?
OK Mars mavens, here's your chance. If you read the article it is obvious that #10 is recent.
What about the others? This would give an idea of the marginal benefit provided by the extended life of the mission.
These scientists have probably been looking at cells running in the debugger...
and try Computer Science? It is a fascinating subject, completely unrelated to most of today's IT jobs.
No he isn't. Walter Mossberg has consistently given sound advice to a (mainly) non-technical audience. He's always concerned with one thing: the user's experience. For that reason I think he "understands" technology the way it should be understood.
I have read his column for years and he is nobody's phanboy. He endorsed Macs only a couple of years ago when OS X stabilized and dealing with Windows security flaws become more burdensome to users.
He's not interested in industry trends for their own sake. The others you mention write to a different audience and sometimes prognosticate. Judging by the attention they often get here, it must be entertaining. By comparison, Walter is helping ordinary users reduce needless complexity foisted on them by the technology industry and their marketeers.